An Orléans resident received a notice of bylaw violation from the city telling her to “reinstate the city boulevard to its original state.”
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“I question the logic of a bylaw that favours outdated grass lawns over environmentally friendly and water-conservative options,” she wrote in a letter to the city that she says has gone unanswered.Article contentAmong other things, King says the garden means that she does not have to own, store and maintain a lawnmower.Georgina King says her front garden means \she does not have to own, store and maintain a lawnmower.
“I have always been aware that a strip of the frontage belonged to the city,” she wrote to the city. “To reinstate would mean unnecessary cost and labour and for what reasonable purpose?”
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